T44W vs T54W — should I pay $10 more for the landscape screen?

Almost always yes. The T54W's 4.3-inch landscape screen is a meaningfully better usability win, and the T54W is our default Wi-Fi recommendation in the catalog. The T44W exists for the narrow niche of desks that specifically want portrait orientation.

Does the T44W really have Wi-Fi 6?

Yes. 802.11ax built-in, dual-band 2.4/5 GHz. No dongle needed.

How is Bluetooth used?

Headset pairing (HSP/HFP profiles). Pair a Jabra, Plantronics, or Yealink wireless headset directly — no EHS adapter or dongle needed.

Will it work on PoE with the radios active?

Yes — class 2 (under 7 W). Modern PoE switches handle it. The radios add some power draw but still fit within 802.3af budget.

Yealink · T4 series · 16-line color + Wi-Fi

Yealink T44WPortrait color screen with built-in Wi-Fi 6.

Sixteen SIP accounts, a 2.8-inch 320×240 portrait color screen, dual gigabit ethernet with PoE, integrated dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 4.2, dual USB ports. The T44W is the T44U with wireless built in — the right pick for portrait-screen Wi-Fi deployments.

Display

2.8″ portrait color · 320×240

SIP accounts

16 lines

Connectivity

Wi-Fi 6 + BT 4.2

Ethernet

Dual gigabit · PoE class 2

Audio

HD voice · dual USB

Power

PoE or 5V/2A adapter

$229 one-time

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Yealink T44W voip desk phone — front view with handset and display — Yealink T44W

Why the T44W is on the catalog.

The T44W is the T44U with the wireless radios built in: dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 4.2 for headset pairing. No USB dongles required. For executive desks in older buildings, hot-desking pods that move around, or conference-table phones in rooms without ethernet drops, this is the answer at this price point.

Where it earns the upgrade over the T44U: the dual USB ports stay free for actual peripherals (headsets, expansion accessories) instead of being consumed by Wi-Fi dongles. Wi-Fi 6 also gives you genuinely better performance on busy networks compared to the WF40 dongle (which is Wi-Fi 5). For deployments planning to last five-plus years, the Wi-Fi 6 future-proofing is worth it.

Where to step up: the T54W gives you a landscape 4.3-inch screen instead of the portrait 2.8-inch, for $10 more. For most reception or executive desks, the bigger screen is the better choice. The T44W is for desks where the portrait orientation specifically fits the workspace better.

Full technical specifications.

Display & user interface
Display	2.8-inch 320×240 portrait color TFT LCD
Line keys	9 multi-page line keys with dual-color LEDs
Soft keys	4 context-sensitive soft keys
Navigation	5-way nav, dedicated function keys
VoIP & SIP
SIP accounts	Up to 16 SIP accounts
Protocols	SIP v2, TLS, SRTP, BLF/BLA
Codecs	Opus, G.722, G.711, G.729AB, G.726, iLBC
Provisioning	FTP/TFTP/HTTP/HTTPS, PnP, TR-069, RPS
Audio
HD voice	HD handset and HD speakerphone
Speaker	Full-duplex with AEC
Headset	RJ9 + 2 × USB + Bluetooth 4.2 + EHS
Connectivity
Ethernet	Dual 10/100/1000 Mbps gigabit
PoE	IEEE 802.3af Class 2
Wi-Fi	Built-in dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Built-in Bluetooth 4.2
USB	2 × USB 2.0
Power & physical
Power	PoE or 5V/2A adapter
Dimensions	Approximately 220 × 200 × 41 mm
Wall mount	Yes
In the box
Included	T44W handset, base, curl cord, ethernet cable, stand, provisioning card
Not included	Power adapter, USB headset

How it works on voip.army.

Plug the T44W into PoE and ethernet. About a minute later it has registered to your extension. Same auto-provisioning flow as every other supported phone — no SIP credentials to type, no firmware to chase.

60s

Time from plug-in to first call

Boot, fetch config from our provisioning server, register, ready. About one minute on a normal connection.

SIP accounts on one phone

16 lines per phone. Each line key has a dual-color LED for status at a glance.

Programmable

Programmable keys

Programmable mapped from the voip.army portal — BLF, paging, parking, transfer destinations.

Per-device onboarding fees

Bringing your own? Send us the MAC, factory-reset, plug in. No charge to add it to the fleet.

802.3af

PoE class

Standard PoE — any 802.3af-compliant switch from the last 15 years powers the phone without an adapter.

Yealink

Auto-provisioning template

Tested against every Yealink firmware release for T44W. We catch regressions before they reach your fleet.

Need T44Ws for every desk?

Tell us how many you need and what extensions to map. We ship pre-configured next business day; you plug them in and they work.

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